Mexicans cheer goalkeeper as new soccer hero as tie with Brazil renews hope in fans

Mexico soccer fans celebrate at the Independence Monument after their team tied with Brazil in their 2014 World Cup soccer match, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Mexico claimed a deserved point against Brazil in a largely frustrating Group A game which finished 0-0 at Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Mexico soccer fans celebrate after their team tied 0-0 with Brazil at the socc34 World Cup, at the Independence Monument in Mexico City, Tuesday June 17, 2014. Mexico claimed a deserved point against Brazil in a largely frustrating Group A game which finished 0-0 at Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil. (AP Photo/Sean Havey)
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A couople of children, fans of the Mexican national soccer team, celebrate by the Independence Monument after their team tied with Brazil in their 2014 World Cup soccer match, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Mexico claimed a deserved point against Brazil in a largely frustrating Group A game which finished 0-0 at Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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After the game ended in a 0-0 draw, hundreds walked to the capital's Angel of Independence statue for an impromptu street party that was broken up hours later by heavy rain.

Social media were abuzz with memes of Memo Ochoa clad in a Superman suit, adorned with Mexico's presidential sash, and dressed as St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes and a favorite among Mexico's poor.

The game's result left Mexico with a victory and a tie, giving it a good shot at advancing out of the tournament's first round.

"Today Mexico demonstrated its greatness," President Enrique Pena Nieto wrote on his Twitter account.

Tuesday's march seemed to re-energize Mexico fans who at start of the World Cup seemed resigned to seeing their team head home after the round of matches.

After Mexico's 1-0 victory over Cameroon last week, only a couple of hundred fans celebrated at the Angel of Independence.

One fan, Jorge Garcia, said the national soccer team showed Tuesday that it can face off the big teams.